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WHALING PRINTS AND PAINTINGS 

This special exhibition of prints, and oil and water color paintings, is 
made possible through the kindness of Allan Forbes, Esq., of Boston, from 
whose extensive collection these are selections. Every picture in the col- 
lection, with the exception of five paintings by Benjamin Russell, shows 
a whaling scene, a whale, or part of a whale, and many of these prints are 
exceedingly rare. The interest in this subject has greatly increased of late, 
as well as the nimiber of collectors of whaling pictures, and this exhibition 
will therefore give an opportunity to the specialist and the general public 
to see one of the best collections extant. 

The collection is arranged according to the countries from which the 
pictures originally came, although the larger ones in some instances are 
placed outside of the case in which the rest of their group are hung. There 
are American, English, French, Italian, Dutch and Japanese pictures, and^ 
showing the strong hold that the Biblical story has always retained on the 
imagination, there are also shown ten pictures relating to "Jonah and the 
Whale." The earliest prints date back to the sixteenth century, the majority, 
however, belong to the eighteenth or early and middle nineteenth centuries. 
The measurements are of the printed or painted surfaces, the borders and 
inscriptions being excluded, and are indicated by inches, figured to the 
nearest half -inch. 

Whaling goes back at least to the time of King Alfred, and at a time 
when the first knowledge of the products of whales came from animals 
that had become accidentally stranded. The Norwegians were expert whal- 
ers more than a thousand years ago, the French and Spaniards taking up 
the industry before the sixteenth century, followed soon after by the Eng- 
lish. Few persons realize the extent to which many of our own communities 
were given over to whaling in the early days. The New England Journal 
of April 19, 1737, says of Provincetown, Massachusetts, — "There are now 
fitting out from this Place a dozen sail of vessels (and some of them burth- 
en'd a Hundred Tons) bound for Davis' Straights on the Whaling Design 
and are just ready to sail. So many of our People are now bound on this 
Voyage, that there will not be left behind above a Dozen or Fourteen men in 
the Town." Other instances also might be given to show the immense im- 
portance of the industry to the New England coast towns nearly two cen- 



turies ago. The history of whaling at New Bedford, Nantucket and Fair- 
haven is too well kno^^^l even to be mentioned here. 

American whaling reached a high mark before the War of the Revolu- 
tion, when the industry met with a severe check. Again it attained a high 
figure just before the Civil War, since which period it has never regained 
its former figures. The increasing scarcity of whales resulted in the build- 
ing of the steam whaler, and the manufacture of the harpoon gun in place 
of the hand harpoon, while the bomb-lance fired from the shoulder gun 
has replaced the hand lance of former times. Another change has also 
taken place; in the early days "sperm" and "right" whales were almost 
the only species sought, but later on all kinds of whales were pursued. With 
these changes a greater part of the romance of whaling ceased. It is ^vith 
the old methods of whaling, with the hand harpoons and lances thrown from 
small boats sent out from the sailing ships, and with the e:sciting and heroic 
exploits of the old-time whalemen, that these pictures chiefly deal. 

On their long voyages the crews of the whalers had ample time to "scrim- 
shawe" sperm whale teeth, to carve out "jagging wheels" and to make 
"busks" for women's stays ; they often whiled away their time making log- 
book sketches of "gams," or visits at sea, vessels sighted, and whales captured 
or lost, and these relics of the old whaling days are also prized by many 
collectors. No better ending of an introduction can be made than by quot- 
ing the lines from Herman Melville's "]\Ioby Dick, or the Wliite Whale." 

"Oh, the rare old Whale, 'mid storm and gale, 
In his ocean home will be 
A giant in might, where might is right, 
And King of the boundless sea." 

AMERICAN 

1 Ship "Govt. Troup", Capt. Edw. R. Ashley. "Bound in from Sea". An 

original water color by Benjamin Russell, 1867. 27x181/^. 

Ben.iamin Russell of New Bedford was the best known sketcher and 
painter of whaling scenes and whaling vessels of his time. 

2 Bark "President", Capt. Benj. Gifford. "Sperm Whaling". Original 

water color by Benjamin Russell, 1867. 27x15. 

3 Bark "Andrew Hicks" of Fairhaven, Capt. Otis Hamblen. "At Sea". 

Original water color by Benjamin Russell. 30x18%. 

Altered to a merchant-man and lost at sea in December, 1918. 

4 Bark "Arab", Capt. F. P. Cole. "Bound to Sea". Original water color 

by Benjamin Russell. 29yoxl8. 
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CAPTURING A " SPOUTER " OFF ZANZIBAR 
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WHALE OR GREENLAND FISHERY 
NO. 50. AN ENGLISH PRINT 



5 Bark "Kathleen" sinking after being hit by a whale in 1902. Oil paint- 

ing by E. N. Kussell, 1902. 251/2x16. 

The three flags at mastheads are signals for the three whaleboats (at 
left of painting) to return, but each had a whale and returned too late 
to find their ship. Capt. Jenkins and his wife and the crew took to the 
boats and were all saved after enduring much hardship. Mrs. Jenkins' 
parrot, it is said, swore that he would be darned if he'd ever go to sea 
again. This unusual accident happened also to the "Essex" and the 
"Ann Alexander". 

6 "Ocean Scenes". Original water color by Benjamin Eussell, 1871 

24x121/2. 

7 "The Voyage Nearly Ended". Scene, between Gay Head and No-Man's 

Land. Original water color by Benjamin Eussell. 21x121/2. 

8 "A Ship on the North West Coast Cutting-in her last right whale". De- 

signed by Benjamin Eussell, New Bedford. Lith. by A. Mayer. Printed 
by Lemercier, Paris". Colored. 26^x17. 

The vessel is supposed to be the "Arab" (No. 4). The head of a whale 
with the whalebone is being hauled on board. Whalemen often amus- 
ingly said that as whalebone was used for women's stays, many a har- 
pooner lost his life in trying to improve the human figure. 

9 "Capturing a Sperm Whale". To Messrs. N. & W. Billings, Merchants of 

New London, this print is respectfully inscribed by Cornelius B. 
Hulsart who lost an arm on board the ship "Superior" while engaged 
in the whale fishery in the Pacific ocean. Published by Cornelius B. 
Hulsart and for sale at the office of the Seamans Friend Society, 82 
Nassau St., New York. Painted by William Page from a sketch by C. 
B. Hulsart; engraved, printed and colored by J. Hill. 241/2x1 6I/2. 
A very rare print. 

10 "The Whale Fishery. Laying On". Published by N. Currier, 1852. 

Lithograph, colored. 121/^x81/2. 

11 "The Whale Fishery. In a Flurry". Published by N. Currier, New 

York. Lithograph, colored. 121/4x814. 
See Nos. 134, 135. 

12 "Capturing the Whale". Published by N. Currier, New York. Litho- 

graph, colored. 121^x9. 
Nos. 10, 11, 12 are a set. 

13 "Harpooning the Whale". Lith. of D. W. Kellogg & Co., 110 Main St., 

Hartford, Conn. Colored. 12x91/2. 



14 "A shoal of sperm whale off the island of Hawaii", in which the ships 

"Enterprise", "Wm. Roach", "Pocahontas" and "Houqua" were 
engaged 10 Dec"", 1833. To the merchants captains and ojfficers 
and crews engaged in the whale fishing; this print is respectfully in- 
scribed by Cornelius B. Hulsart, who lost an arm on board the whale 
ship "Superior" of New London and was on board of the "Enter- 
prise" at the time. Painted by T. Birch of Philadelphia from a sketch 
by C. B. Hulsart. Engraved, printed and colored by J. Hill. Pub- 
lished by C. B. Hulsart, 1838. 24x161/2. 

A very rare print. See frontispiece. The picture shows the famous 
Roach (Rotch) fleet, — "Enterprise", "Wm. Roach", "Pocahontas" and 
"Houqua" engaged in whaling. William Rotch, the owner of these vessels, 
was Nantucket's greatest whaling merchant, later moving to New Bed- 
ford. The old Rotch counting house was afterward used as a club house 
for Nantucket whaling captains and is still used as the Pacific Club. In 
the old whaling days this Club was called, jocosely, the House of Com- 
mons, while another Club, used by the ship owners, was named the 
House of Lords. Honolulu owed its rapid rise partially to the frequent 
visits of the whalers. 

15 "Collision between a steamer and a whale". Woodcut from a periodical. 

The Netherland steamer "Waesland", 3,500 tons, bound from 
Antwerp to New York. No date. 9x6. 

16 "On the Banks of Newfoundland". A school of whales crossing the 

wake of an Atlantic steamer during a fog. From a sketch by Joseph 
Becker, H. Baker Sc. Woodcut from a periodical. No date. 14x91/0. 

17 "Elima Kala". Engraved Hawaiian bank note for five dollars with 

vignette, showing the harpooning of a whale. Boston Bank Note Co., 
39 State St. No date. 7x3. 

18 Bank note of the Mechanics Bank of New Bedford for one dollar, Janu- 

ary 1, 1858. Engi-aving showing the harpooning and cutting-in of 
whales. Toppan, Carpenter & Co., New York and Philadelphia. 7x3. 

19 An engraving showing the attacking of a whale near an iceberg. No 

inscription. 6^x5. 

20 "Spermo Cutting in Whales on Japan". The bark "Spermo" was o\\Tied 

by Alexander Starbuck, Jos i ah Bradlee and others. Oil painting by 
J. Fisher. 24x18. 

Presented to the owner by Mr. F. B. C. Bradlee. 



31 "Sperm Whaling No. 1. The Chase". Lith. of Endicott & Co., New 
York, from drawings by A. Van Best & R. S. Gifford, corrected by 
Benj. Eussell, Esq., 1859. Colored. 261/2x17. 

22 "Sperm Whaling No. 2. The Conflict". Prang & Mayer's Lith., Boston. 

Published by Charles Taber & Co., New Bedford. J. Cole, 1859, pinx. 
Colored. 28i/oxl8. 

23 "Sperm Whaling No. 2. The Capture". Lith. of Endicott & Co., New 

York from drawings by A. Van Best & R. S. Gifford, corrected by 
Benj. Russell, Esq., 1862. 26x161/2. 

"The Chase" and "The Capture" were printed as a set and, later, "The 
Conflict" was sold with "The Chase" as a set. The three really make a 
complete set. See No. 66. 

FRENCH 

24 "Peehe de la Baleine Harponnemonf . Couchi scul. Widerkebs del. 

Plate from France Pittoresque. Engraving. 61/^x4. 

25 "Le Physale Cylindrique". Edward Trapies del. Beyer Sc. Engraving, 

colored. 8x4. 

26 "La Baleine Franche". Edward Travies del. Beyer & Manceau Sc. En- 

graving, colored. 7x4. 

27 "Indiens Kodiaks Chassant la Baleine, Amerique Russe". Voyage de 

M. D. de Mofras. Imp. par Bougeard. C. H. Ransonette Sc. Plate 
from L' Artiste. Engraving. 6x4%. 

28 Plate showing whale attacked by a boat from a ship and barnacles on 

rocks, in foreground, — numbered, 1. Baleine, 2, 3, 4 5, Balanes. P. 
de Sainson del. Pfitzer Sc. Engravings colored. 9x51/2. 

29 "Peche au Cachalot sur les cotes du Mexique". Lith. by L. Le Breton 

(name obscure). Paris, No. 6. Colored. 24x141/0. 

30 "Peche de la Baleine— Whale Fishing". Callow del. Himely sculp. 

Lithograph, colored. 101/2x7. 

31 "Baleinier Americain amenant ses embarcations pour donner la chase 

a une Baleine". Lith. de Turgis; r. Serpente 10, a Paris. Dessine 
et lith. par L. LeBreton. Paris, T'urgis editeur rue Serpente 10 et 
New York, Leonard St. 99. Colored. 151/2x101/2. 
Similar to No. 177. 



32 "La Baleine d'Ostende, visitee par I'Elephant, la Giraffe, les Osages et 

les Chinois". Depose a la direction chez Valant Editeur, rue de 
Castiglione No. 6. Jacquemain, del. Lith de Langlume. Colored. 
12x41/2. 

33 "Combat de Scies et de Baleines en vue de I'lle Sainte Helenc". Peint. 

par L. Garneray. Grave par Jazet. Engraving. 31x22. 

34 "Peche du Souffleur dans le Canal de Zanzibar". Engraving. 31x22. 

See illustration, Nos. 33, 34 are companion prints and very rare. 
French whaling is mentioned as early as 1261, the whale being used for 
food. 

35 "Peche de la Baleine— Whale Fishery". Garneray pinx. Martens sculp. 

Engraving, colored. 32x22. 

36 "Peche du Cachalot— Cachalot Fishing". Garneray pinx. Martens 

sculp". Engraving, colored. 32x22. 
Nos. 35, 36 are a rare set of prints. 

ENGLISH 

37 "The North West or Davis Streights Whale Fishery". Eob. Dodd delint. 

Fran. Ambrosi sculp. Engraving, colored. 13l^x8. 

38 "Greenland Fishery". Published by act of Parliament and sold by J. 

Boydell engraver at the Unicorn ye corner of Queen St., Cheapside, 
London, 1754. Brooking pinx. Boydell scidp. Engraving, colored. 
16x11. 

39 "Lancing the Whale". London, published by G. & W. B. \Vhittaker, 

Ave Maria Lane. J. D. Harding del. Printed by C. Hullmandel. 
Lithograph. 10x16. 
Nos. 39, 40, 41, 42 are one set. 

40 "A Whale Upsetting a Boat". Lithograph. 9x6. 

Same set as No. 39. 

41 "A Boat Going on the Tail of a Fish". Lithograph. 9x6. 

Same set as No. 39. 

42 "Striking a whale with third harpoon". London, 1822. Lithograph. 

9x51/2. 

Same set as No. 39. 

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A WHALE STRANDED ON THE DUTCH COAST IN 1762 
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JAPANESE Vlt-WING WHALES LYING IN 8HINAGAWA BAY, TOKYO 

NO. 92 



43 Scenes in Greenland whale fishery, etc., with a map and inscriptions. 

Page 800 from some publication. Engraving. I3I/2XIII/2. 

44 "The Spermacaeti Whale brought to Greenland dock 1762". Engraving, 

drawn to scale. 9V^x6^. 

45 "View of the whale fishery and manner of killing bears near and on the 

coast of Greenland". Engraved for Bankes's new system of geog- 
raphy, published by the King's Royal License. 101/^x6. 

46 "Greenland Fishery". J. Boydell after Brooking. Same as No. 38 but 

not colored. 16x8. 

47 "Close packed ice". London, published by G. & W. B. Whittaker, Ave 

Maria Lane. Lithograph. 5x31/^. 

48 "View of the whale fishery Etc. in Greenland". Thornton sculp. En- 

graving Avith ornamental border. 63/^x10. 

49 "To James Weddell, Esq. E. N., the Officers and Seamen under his com- 

mand. This plate representing the brig 'Jane' and cutter 'Beaufoy' 
on 20th February, 1823, bearing up in 74<* 15' (being the highest 
southern latitude ever reached) is most respectfully dedicated by their 
very obedient and humble servant W. J. Huggins". Engraved by E. 
Duncan. London, published by W. J. Huggins, October, 1826. Litho- 
graph, colored. 19%xl3. 
An Exploring- voyage. Whales playing around the ships. 

50 "To the Honorable Sr. John Eyles Bart., Sub-Govenior of the 

South Sea Company, this plate of the Whale or Greenland fishery is 
most humbly inscribed". T. Baston F. ; E. Kirkhall S. Engraving, 
colored. 15x10. 
See illustration. 

51 "To the Honorable the Court of Directors of the South Sea Company. 

This piece being a representation of the fishery of Great Britain in its 
three different branches, vizt. Cod, Herring, and Whale, is most hum- 
bly dedicated". T. Baston del. E. Kirkhall sculp. Printed for T. 
Bowles in St. Paul's Church Yard and John Bowles & Son at the Black 
Horse in Cornhill. Engraving, colored. 14^2^8. 

The first reference to English whaling appears during the fourteenth 
century and by statutory law the whale was declared a "ro^-al fish", the 
King as Honorary Harpooner receiving the head, and the Queen the 
tail, of all whales killed along the English coast. 





52 "The Whale diving to the bottom after he is struck with the Harpone 

Iron^ & the Harponiers standing in readiness to wound him a fresh 
with Spears, when he rises again". Printed for Bowles and Carver, 
map and print sellers No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. 
Engraving, colored. 10x6. 

53 "A Whale struck by the Harpone Iron diving among the Ice, the Har- 

ponier going to chop the Eope ofP, to prevent the long Boat l)eing 
drawn under Water or split against the Ice". Same publishers. 
10x6. 
Companion to No. 52. 

54 "Sperm Wlialing Scene off French Rock, New Zealand, 1871". Litho- 

graph, colored. 131/2x8. 

55 Whaling scene from some publication. "Vol. I, m. p. 567, A (hill) ; 

B (stone); C (man); D (boat)". Engraving. 91/2x61/2. 

56 "A whale female and the windlass whereby the whales are brought on 

Shore". Vol. I, p. 567. Engraving. 10x61/2. 
Companion to No. 55. 

57 "H. M. S. 'Agamemnon' laying the Atlantic cable in 1858. A whale 

crosses the line". London, Day & Son Limited. Lith. R. M. Bryson, 
from a drawing by R. Dudley. Colored. 9x6. 

58 "A whale brought along-side a ship". J. H. Clark del. Dubourg sculp. 

Published and sold March 1, 1813, by Edw. Ormc, Bond St., London. 
Lithograph, colored. 7x5. 
Nos. 58-61 form a rare set. 

59 "Shooting the harpoon at a whale". Lithograph, colored. 7x5. 

Companion to No. 58. 

60 "A ship's boat attacking a whale". February 1, 1813. Lithograph, 

colored. 7x5. 
Companion to No. 58. 

61 "Boats approaching a whale". February 1, 1813. Lithograph, colored. 

7x5. 
Companion to No. 58. 

63 "Whale hunting in Wcstmannshaven Bay'' (Norway). "M. & N." 
(Part of inscription cut off). Lithograph, colored. 11^x8. 

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63 "Greenland whale fishery". An old engraving. 5x7. 

Part of inscription obscure. 

64 Scenes illustrating whaling and the uses of products; divided into ten 

parts. Published by Thomas Varty, Strand, London. Lithograph, 
colored. 121/2x101/0. 

65 "View of Cape of Good Hope and a South Whaler". S. Daniell del. 

T. Medland sculp. Published Nov. 30, 1804, by J. Gold, 103 Shoe 
Lane. Lithograph. 8x5. 

66 "South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of boats attacking a sperm 

whale from descriptions given by experienced officers and masters in 
the South Sea Fishery". Painted by W. J. Huggins, Marine painter 
to his majesty and published at 105 Leadenhall Street, London, 1834. 
Engraved by E. Duncan. Colored. 25x201/9. 

An exceeding-ly rare print. "The Capture", printed in New Bedford 
some years later was an exact copy of this print. Sese No. 23. Very 
recent reprints have been issued in Eng-land. 

67 "South Sea Whale Fishery. A representation of ships 'Amelia Wilson' 

and 'Castor' off the island of Bouro with their boats and crew in 
the various processes of fishing sho^^ing the manner the Spermaceti 
whales are caught and also the mode of cutting them into the ship and 
boiling the oil upon deck". Painted by W. J. Huggins. Engraved 
by T. Sutherland, London, published by W. J. Huggins, Jan. 1, 1825. 
Engraving, colored. 20x14. 
A rare print. 

68 "Northern Whale Fishery. A representation of the ship 'Harmony' of 

Hull and other vessels with their boats and crews in the various 
processes of attacking and killing the whale in Davis Straits and 
Greenland with the mode of flinching and taking in the blubber". 
(Also the "Eliza Swan" of Montrose and the "Margaret" and "Indus- 
try" of London). Painted by W. J. Huggins. Engraved by E. Dun- 
can. Dedicated to Thos. Bell, Esq., owner of the "Harmony". Col- 
ored. 23x14. 

69 "The Greenland Whale Fishery". Robt. Dodd delin. and sculp. Pub- 

lished, Jan. 1, 1789, by John and Josiah Boydell. No. 90 Cheapside, 
London. Engraving. 26x15. 

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70 "The North West or Davis' Streights T\Tiale Fishery". Engraving, 

dated May 1, 1789. 36x151/2. 
Companion to No. 69. 

71 "The Common Whale Balaena mysticetus". Whimper [sculp]. Pub- 

lished under the direction of the Society for the Promotion of Cliris- 
tian Knowledge. R. Clay, printer. Bread St, Hill. Colored print. 
Ilx7y2. 

Several lines of description. 

72 "Fin Whale or Rorqual. Balaenoptera Boops", 11x71/2. 

Companion to No. 71. 

73 Sixteen colored engraved plates from some work. Each plate, — Stewart 

or J. Stewart delt. Lizars Sc. 6x3i/^. 
The Spermaceti WTiale. 
The Deductor or Ca'ing Whale. 
The Spermaceti Wliale. 
Great Northern Rorqual. 
Greenland Whale. 
The Toothless Whale of Havre. 
The Spermaceti Whale. 
The Lesser Rorqual. 

Skeleton of the Great Northern Rorqual. 
The P. griseus. 
Greenland Whale. 
The Beluga or "V^^lite Whale. 
Pernetty's Dolphin. 
The Narwhal or Sea Unicorn. 
Greenland Whale. 
Globicephalus of Risso. 
See No. 125. 

74 "\^Tiales mistaken for submarines and bombed from air planes. From 

Illus. Lond. News. Halftones of photographs taken from air planes. 
81/2x31/2 and 8>^x6>_; 

Copies of originals in recent Air Exhibition in London. 

75 Six engravings from some work; three marked N. H. Prior (sc,). Each 

5x3. 

The Polar Right Whale. 

View of a Whale Ship in process of cutting in a whale. 

A Kight Whale turning a boat over with his nose. 

Rival Whaling. 

The Chase. 

A boat cmshed by a whale. 

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DUTCH 

76 "Een Walvisch Lang 70 voeten gestrandt op de HoUandtse zee-kust, 

tusschen Schevelingen en Katwyk, in Sprokkelmaandt 1598". Gilham 
Van der Gouwen Sc. Engraving, colored. 13x10. 

The Dutch were leaders in the whale fishery in 1612 and were very 
active about the year 1680, when they employed 260 ships and 14,000 
seamen. During the last part of the seventeenth century they furnished 
nearly all Europe with oil. They continued to be leaders in this industry 
until about 1770 when the English superseded them. 

77 "Defe Cagelot vis lang 64 voet is gestrand tussen Zantvoord en Wykop 

Zee den 2, Febr., 1762, op't Strand in openbarre Vyling Verkogt 
den 5 Maart voor 900 Guildens, naar't leven Getekend den 21 Febr. 
en vervolgens in't Koper gebragt door C. V. Nocrde". Engraving, 
colored. 13x8. 

A rare print. See illustration and No. 199. 

78 "Ware afbeeldinge Pot- Walvisch gestrandt by Noortwijck op Zee, den ?8 

December, 1614, lank Zynde 52 Roede voeten, voor aenden muyl breet 
g'en de staert 12 roe voeten". Esnas Vanden Velde Wentor. J. C. 
Visscher (in monogram), excud. Engraving, colored. 12i6i^. 
A rare print. 

79 "A P tekening van een Cachelot den 20 Febr., 1762 tussen Zandvoort 

en Wykop zee, aan strand Gedreeven, Groot 61 voet 6 duum". J. Au- 
gustini ad viv del. H. Spilman Sch. Engraving, colored. 16x10. 
A rare print. 

80 "Het Afmaken van de Cagelotuis den 20 Febr., Anno 1762, tussenwyk 

op Zee en Zantvoort op Strand gedreven, nat Leven Cetekent en int 
Koper gebragt door Johannes Swertner Ond 15 Jaar. Engraving, 
colored. 16x91/^. 

There are fourteen references by numbers on the plate. 

81 "De Walvis wort na Boord geboegseerd of geroeyd". (The inscription is 

repeated in French, Italian and German). Med. Fol.° No. 3. George 
Balthasar Probst exeud. Engraving. 151/^xlOi^. 



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'Afbeelding van de vin-vis, Lang LII voet, leggende op zyn Rug 
gestrand tusschen wyk Aan Zee en Zandvoord den 18den November, 
1791. Lat. Overbeck ad vir del et sculp 1792". Engraving. 
121/2191/2. 



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83 "Cagelot of Potwalvis, lang omtrent 60 voeten, even, benoorden Egmond 

op Zee Levend Gestrand op den 15 February, 1764 den J. Maart 
aldaar Veiling Verkogt voor 812 Guilders den 19 February, naart. 
Leeven Getekend en in't Koper gebragt te Haarlem door Cornells van 
ISToorde". Engraving. 13x8. 

84 "Focht naer Nova Zemla in den Jaere MDXCVI". Ian Luyken in- 

venit et fecit. Engraving. 13x10. 

85 "Kessels of de man van de Walvisch". A. Verhoesen lith. 15x31/^. 

A whaling caricature in five sections of a man dreaming about a whale. 

86 "De Walvischvangst". H. Kobel, Jr. del 1778. M. Sallieth sculp. 1782. 

Engraving. 141/2x8. 

87 Ten engraved illustrations of Dutch whaling (when the oil was boiled 

on shore) ; the process of utilizing the products and of whaling ves- 
sels, taken from some Dutch work. S. Vdr. Meulen delin. A. Vander 
Laan Fecit. Each plate has a number and a short English transla- 
tion of the Dutch inscription. Each 8x6. 

3 Rimning from the whale the pike being fast in her or sitting upon 
the Spanish wheel-barrow. 

4 The whale goes under the ice, they cut the line and seek where she 
returns. 

5 Theiy stand ready to stick ye whale upon her head, her tail being 
upwards. 

6 The whale is troubled and turns herself while people are sticking 
her. 

7 The whale is brought or Eoey'd to the ship. 

8 They cut the whale in pieces. 

12 The ship in fine weather left in the ice. 

13 The ship in the ice cast away in a storm. 

15 The arrival of the Greenland sailors.. 

16 The boiling fat out of the whale. 
See also Nos. 153, 154. 

88 Etching of old Dutch ships with a whale showing in the foreground. 

Wentzel Hollar fecit. 11x151/2. 

JAPANESE 

89 Illustration of a Japanese legend, — Miyamoto Musashi (1582-1645) kill- 

ing a giant whale with his sword. Artist, Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797- 
1861). Published by Kawa-sho, Tokyo. 30x15. 

Miyamoto was a native of the Pi-ovince of Higo and at one time served 

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under the Lord of Buzen. He journeyed thronj^h the empire in order to 
perfect Jiimself in the art of fencing- by meeting master swordsmen in 
various places. Wlien he came to the sea of Hizen he showed his mastery 
of his profession by killing a giant whale with his sword. 

90 People on the shore of Shinagawa Bay looking at a great "catch". Artist, 

Kimiyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861). Published by Marusei, Tokyo. 
281/2x131/2. 

91 "Nanaura (seven shores) made prosperous by a whale-catch", alluding 

to a common saying that "a catch of one whale brings prosperity to 
seven shores". Artist, Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861). Published 
by Yamaguchi, Tokyo. 28x131/0. 

92 Picnic parties of Japanese at Takanawa viewing whales lying in Shina- 

gawa Bay. Some in boats are partaking of sake and food while others 
are having refreshments in the tea house called "The Resting Place, 
Yamaguchi House". The large boat on the left bears the name, 
"Yoshiya" or "Good Luck House". Artist, Shuntei Katsukawa 
(1770-1820). Published by Yamaguchi, Tok-yo. 301/0x15. 

See illustration. The usual Japanese method of capturing whales 
was to entangle them in nets. As late as the year 1884 the Ukitsu Whal- 
ing Company of Japan employed over 100,000 whalemen. Masutomi Ma- 
tazaemon, one of the most successful in this pursuit, accumulated a large 
fortune. WTaale meat, an important article of food in Japan, is sold in 
all the large toAvns at prices ranging from seven, to eight cents a pound. 
It is estimated that one whale yields as much meat as one hundred head 
of cattle. 

93 "The Noted Products of Japan". This print depicts a whaling scene and 

the "cutting-in" of whales as practised in Hirado, Province of Hizen, 
or in Kumanoura in Kii Province. Artist, Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797- 
1861). Published by Soshuya, Tokyo. 30yoxl5. 

94-95-96 Three colored prints, illustrating the capture of a whale near the 
shore. 44x7. 

97 Whaling scene at Kumanoura, Province of Kii. Artist, Toyokaru 

Utagawa (1735-1814). Published by Eijudo, Tokyo. 141/0x91/2. 
This is the oldest of the Japanese prints in the collection. 

98 Wlialing scene at Goto, Province of Hizen. One of a series entitled, 

"One hundred noted places in the Provinces". Artist, Hiroshigo II 
(1825-1869). 8i/oxl3. 

This is a connplete picture, the Japanese often depicting only part of an 
animal or other object in a picture. 

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99 Four printed Japanese reproductions of black-and-white sketches show- 

ing the manner of capturing a whale. (1) Whale spouting. (2) Set- 
ing the nets, — the Japanese usually entangle whales in nets in order 
to harpoon them more easily. (3) Boats with harpooners, — each of 
the sixteen boats carry harpooners. (4) Towing in the whale. Some 
Japanese formerly believed that a whale before death returns to the 
place where it received its first harpoon and then dies. 46x71/2. 

Acknowledgment is due to Mr. Kojiro Tomita for the translation of 
the inscriptions and notes on the Japanese whaling prints. 

ITALIAN 

100 "Eflfigie del Pesce communemente chiamato BALENOTTO, . . ." 

Broadside of a large whale with a long inscription below. Engraving, 
MDCCXV. 11x6. 
See illustration. 

MISCELLANEOUS 

lOi "Sketches from Travellers, Plate 6th. Tempting Offer — An Eskemaux 
tickling his lady's fancy with a whale's tail^ best proof of love". Pub- 
lished by F. McLean, 26 Haymarket, March 20, 1823. Eeproduction 
by Miss Bertha I. Barrett from photograph of original painting 
in the Fearing collection in The Marine Museum, Old State House, 
Boston. 91/2x614. 

102 "Entree des sieurs Vroncourt, Tyllon et Marimon". Discovering new 

lands. French engraving. 8i/^x4. 

Knights in armor riding on the back of a whale, etc. 

103 "Narwhal, White Whale, Rorqual". Eskimos in canoes in background. 

Plate from some work on natural history. Lithograph, colored. 
8x51/2. 

104 Whale inside a breakwater being viewed by spectators (Latin inscrip- 

tion) . Joan Stradanus inuent Adr. CoUaert Sculp. Phts Galle excud. 
Engraving. 10i/>x8. 

105 "Corpora dum gaudent immania tollorc Cctae Sic varys telis feruientur 

aristis". Very old. Engraving. 8i^x3. 
See illustration. 

106 "Spermacetti Whale, South Seas". Engraving, colored. 6x31^. 

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In PESARO , Per gli Eredi di Demetrio Degni Stamp. Cam & Ep. 

MDCCXV CON LICENZA DE' SUrF.RlOKI. 



AN ITALIAN WHALING SCENE 
NO, 100 



107 "The Whale assists in the discovery of new worlds". From Philopono's 

Nova Typis 1G21. Pictorial map with whale in center. Engraving. 
11x7. 

108 An old engraved plate "16", Adrian Collaert fecit et excud. "Cete" over 

an illustration of the whale and "Vitulus mariuus" over one of a seal. 
101/0x8. 

109 Whaling ship with boats out attacking whales. Water color painting, 

No inscription. 19x12. 

110 "Physeter. 1. The Round-headed Cachalot. 2. The blunt-headed 

Cachalot or Spermaceti Whale". I. Pass sc. Plate from a work on 
Natural History. Engraving, colored. 9i/^x6i/^. 

111 Plate II from some work showing Eight and Sperm whales amid arctic 

scenery, with reference letters. Engraving, colored. 9i/4x6i/2- 

112 Neptune in his chariot coming out of the sea near a fortress, with 

whales spouting and a ship in the distance. Engraving, colored. 
I8I/2XI3. 

113 "Grandibus exigni sunt Pisces piscibus esca". Cock Excv. 1557. Dutch 

engraving. 12x181^. 

Early, allegforical, print of whales, in those days called fishes, "Smaller 
fishes out of larg-er fishes come". 

JONAH AND THE WHALE 

114 Johah cast upon the land. A modern colored lithograph. No inscrip- 

tion. 10x121/2. 

115 "Evomit absorptum caeco gutture Coetus redditur et terrae qui modo 

praeda fuit". Long inscription in Dutch from Jonah II. Engrav- 
ing. 14i/>x20. 

No date, but old. See illustration. 

IIG "Jonas sortant de la Baleine". J. Vernet Pinxit. J. B. Tilliard Sculp. 
Dedie a Monsieur de IMongeroux Cresorier General de la Maison du 
Eoy. Le table appartient a Mr. Buldet a Paris chez Buldet rue de 
Gevres par son tres humble et ties obeissant Serviteur Tilliard. En- 
graving. 15x111/^. 

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117 "Jonah cast by the fish on dry land; Joh. II. v. 10 p. 880" (above). 

"To the right Eeverend Father in God, Nicholas, Lord Bishop of St. 
Davids, this plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his Lordships most 
dutiful Son and Servant, Thos. Stackhouse". "J. Mynde So", and 
"1733", in ink (below). Engraving from an illustrated Bible. 8x11. 
The Bishop's arms in center of inscription. 

118 "Jonah cast by the fish on dry land. Jona. II v. 10. Plate XVI p. 

889". Same dedication and arms as No. 117. Engraving from a Bible. 
8x11. 

119 "Jonah Ch. 1 Vs. 15. Cast him forth into the sea". Published by 

Nuttall Fisher & Dixon, Liverpool. Engraving with ornamental 
border. 91/2x8. 

120 "Disobedience punished. Jonah Chap. 1st. V. loth. So they took up 

Jonah and cast him forth into the sea, and the sea ceased from her 
raging". I. Chorley Sc. Engraving with ornamental design above. 
4x51/2. 

121 "Jonah cast on shore by the whale. Jonah II. 10" (above). "Jonas 

II, 11. Jonas rendu par le poisson sur le rivage. Jonas van den Visch 
op't landt geworpen. Y. T. 79" (below). Engraving. 7x8. 

122 "Jonah cast into the sea. Jonah I. ver 15". Engraving. 3iAx4. 

"Jonah cast ashore. Jon. II, ver. 18". Engraving. 4x3. 
In one frame. Each enf^raving has a verse belo^v : 
"When Jonah sank into the sea 
The God whose preacher he must be, 
Prepared a fish his life to save, 
Beneath the deep and stormj' wave." 

"When the appointed time was o'er, 
The fish could keep the man no more, 
But at the Lord of Heaven's command, 
Unhurt restor'd him to the land." 

ADDITIONAL PICTURES IN THE COLLECTION 
NOT ON EXHIBITION 

123 "The ]\Iysticetus or Common Whale". Drawn by J. Chapman. Pub- 

lished by J. Wilkes, 1798. Colored print. 91/2x61/0. 

124 Whale stranded oS the Dutch or Belgian coast. Engraving, 1618. 

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125 The Greenland whale. Greenland Whale Breaching. The Spermaceti 

Whale. Engravings. 8x6. 

Three in one frame. See No. 73. 

126 "Balene". An old print showing various species of whales and fishes. 

4x51/2. 

127 Close packed ice, with whales. London, published by G. & W. B. Whit- 

taker. Woodcut. 5x3. 

138 Shoal of whales in the Solway Firth. Woodcut. 81/2x5. 

129 A Whale overturning a boat. Two colored prints. Each 5x3l^. 

130 Boat struck by a whale. Woodcut. 5i/^x3i/^. 

131 "South Sea Whaling". Woodcut from painting by Oswald W. Brierly, 

1868;, in the Dudley gallery, London. 14x9^. 

132-133 "South Sea Whale Fishery". "North Sea Whale Fishery". Two 
colored lithographs, published by J. Baillie, New York. Sold by Soule 
and Shaw, New Bedford and Boston. Each 13x9. 

134 "Whale Fishery: Sperm Whale in a Flurry". By Currier and Ives, 

New York. Lithograph, colored. 17x13. 
See Nos. 11, 135. 

135 "Whale Fishery : Sperm Whale in a Flurry". By Currier. Lithograph, 

not colored. 13x8^/^. 
See Nos. 11, 134. 

136 "Whale Fishery: Attacking a right whale". Currier and Ives, New 

York. Lithograph, colored. 12^x8^. 

137 "North Sea Whale Fishery". By Currier. Lithograph, not colored. 

12x9. 

138 Pen and ink sketch, colored, of a whaling scene, by William Potts 

(England), 1818. 29x30. 

139 "Whale Fishery". Published by Currier and Ives. Lithograph, col- 

ored. 121/2x9. 

140 Capturing a whale : reverse picture of "Capturing the Whale" of Cur- 

rier's series. Engraving without title. 61^x5. 

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141 "A view of ship's boats engaged in sperm whaling, and a ship cutting- 

in a sperm whale and towing". Copy of original water color by Ben- 
jamin Russell o^vned by the Old Dartmouth Historical Soc, New Bed- 
ford. 22x14. 
Companion to No. 179. 

142 "Sperm Whaling and its Varieties". Colored lithograph by J. H. Buf- 

ford, New York, from drawing by Benjamin Russell, New Bedford, 
1870. 32x16. 

143 "Right Whaling in Behring Straits and Arctic Ocean with its Varie- 

ties". Colored lithograph by J. H. Bufford, New York, from drawing 
by Benjamin Russell of New Bedford, 1871. Proof. 32x16. 
Nos. 142, 143 are a set. 

144 "The Whale Fishery : Attacking a right whale and cutting-in". Colored 

lithograph by Currier and Ives, New York. 23x16. 

145 Dutch whaling scene. Woodcut from an old book. No title. 111/^x6%. 

146 "America. Whale Fishery". Harpooner striking a whale. Colored 

woodcut. 5x4. 

147 "La Navigation dans la glace, et chercher du Baleine". Lithograph. 

Inscription also in Dutch. See Nos. 200, 201. 

148-149 "Canot lance en I'air par une baleine", and 149, "Pecheurs s'ap- 
pretant a harponner", 1834. Two woodcuts. 6x4i/^. 

150-151 "Peche de la Baleine". (No. 1). "Depecement d'une Baleine". (No. 
2). Two woodcuts, drawn by Rouargue. 10x7. 

152 Four prints, 16th century, showing the capture of a whale (which, by 
the way, resembles a boar more than a whale). Colored. 
In one frame. Rare. 

153-154 "Sailing on the Sea and seeking for the WTiale". "The sticking of 
the whale with the pike". 9x8. 
Nos. 1, 2 of the series of Dutch engravings. See No. 87. 

155 Whaler in the Arctic, with whale boat returning after the chase. Oil 

painting by Poulson, Albany, N. Y. 33x23. 

156 "Whale Fishery". Woodcut, colored. 6x41/2. 

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A VERY OLD WHALING SCENE 
NO. 105 




JONAH AND THE WHALE 
NO. 115 



157-158 "Greenland Whale Fishery". "North West or Davis Straights 
Whale Fishery". Two engi-avings,— Robert Dodd, del. ; Ambrosi, sculp 
13x8. 

159 Whaling scene, similar to "Capturing a sperm whale", published by 
Hulsart (England). Issued by Mitchell and Croasdale, dealers in 
whale oil in Philadelphia. Lith. by W. H. Rease, Phil, and printed 
by Wagner R. McGuigan. 
See No. 9. 

IGO Iloransay, Isle of Skye. Whsdes have entered the harbor and the people 
are trying to capture them. Drawn and engraved by William Dan- 
iell, London. Engraving. 11x8. 

161-162 "Dangers of the Whale Fishery" and "Dangers of the Cachalot 
Fishery". Two woodcuts framed together. 4%x6i/4. 

163 Whalemen attacked by bears. Engraving by A. H. Payne, from a paint- 

ing by Biard. 61^x43^. 

164 Colored sketch, "Cutting-in a Whale," made in 1834 on board the ship 

"Benjamin Rush" of Warren, R. I. 16x12. 

165 Ship "Maria" of New Bedford. Built at Pembroke, Mass., 1782, for 

privateering and later used as a whaler ; o^vned by William Rotch and 
by Samuel Rodman, and the Russells of New Bedford; made twenty- 
five voyages and earned for her owners $250,000. In 1853 she was 
the oldest vessel in the United States. Woodcut. 9x7. 

166 Ship "Rousseau", built in 1801, lying at her wharf in New Bed- 

ford. A scarce print. Copyright by C. B. Case. 16x121/2. 

167 Ship "Roscius", Capt. Merrihew, and bark "Fanny", passing ice, with 

whale in distance, July 15, 1856. Water color. 111/0x9. 

168 Ship "Gazelle", the whaler on which John Boyle O'Reilley escaped from 

Australia in Feb. 1869. Lithograph, colored. 21x14. 

169 Ship "Sharon" of Fairhaven. An old oil painting. 26x21%. 

An awful mutiny took place on board this vessel in 1842. 

170 Bark "Catalpa" of New Bedford. Drawn by E. N. Russell. Published 

by Forbes Lithograph Co., Boston. Colored. 17x11. 

Shows Fefnian prisoners escaping from Australia. They are rowing 
out to the "Catalpa" in small boat. 

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171 Bark "Gen. Scott", Charles H. Kobbins, Master. Water color by Ben- 

jamin Eussell of New Bedford, 1875. 34x201/2. 

172 Ship "Swallow" of New Bedford. Oil painting by C. S. Raleigh, 1875. 

173 Ship "Canton" of New Bedford. Oil painting. 

A well known and successful whaler. 

174 Ship "South America", owned by W. G. BrowTiell of New Bedford, a 

well known owner of whaling ships. Chinese oil painting by Chong- 
qua. 231/2x18. 

This vessel was one of the "Stone-fleet" in 1861. 

175 A whaler coming to anchor in New Bedford harbor. Water color by 

Benjamin Eussell of New Bedford. 27x18. 

176 "Taking up the Boats". Water color by Benjamin Russell of New Bed- 

ford, 1871. 211/2x13. 

177 "American Whaler". Lithograph, colored, by Currier. 14x8. 

Similar to No. 31. 

178 "Whalers". Drawn by R. Brandard from the painting by J. M. W. 

Turner in the Royal Academy, London. Engi*aving, colored. 10x71/0. 

179 Destruction of whale ships off Cape Thaddeus, Arctic ocean, by the 

Confederate S. S. "Shenandoah", June 23, 1865. Copy of original 
water color by Benjamin Russell owned by the Old Dartmouth His- 
torical Soc., New Bedford. 22x14. 
Companion to No. 141. 

180 "American whalers crushed in the ice. Burning the wrecks to avoid 

danger to other vessels". Colored print. 14x9. 

181 "Destruction of the whaling fleet in the Arctic ocean", from sketches 

by Capt. Kelley of the ship Gay Head. Five views, wood-cuts. 24x17. 

182-186 "Abandonment of whalers in the Arctic ocean in 1871". A 
set of five lithographs, not colored, by J. H. Bufford, Boston, pub- 
lished by B. Russell, 1872. 17x111/0. 

187 "New Bedford Fifty Years Ago" (1812). Colored lithogi-aph by Endi- 
cott & Co., New York, from a painting by William A. Wall. Published 
in 1858 by Charles Taber & Co., New Bedford. 231/0x16. 



PD 74.1 



Shows the "old four corners", now corner of Union and Water streets, 
also William Eotch in his chaise and his mansion house in the back- 
ground. One of the boys is Hon. Georg'e Howland, Jr., the others being 
well known New Bedford characters. 

188 "New Bedford". View showing wharves lined with whalers. Colored 

lithograph by J. F. A. Cole, Boston. Published by Prang and Mayer, 
Boston. 32x16. 

189 New Bedford whalers at their wharves; also barrels of oil ready for 

shipment. Interesting old photograph. 12x10. 

190 "New Bedford, view from Fairhaven". Whalers at the wharves and 

one setting out on a voyage. Engraved by W. Wellstood after draw- 
ing by J. W. Hill. Published by Smith Brothers & Co., New York. 
37x?. 

Upper margin cut. 

191 "New Bedford, view from the fort near Fairhaven". Showing whalers. 

Lithograph by Lane and Scott ; drawn by F. H. Lane from sketch by 
A. Conant, 1845. Published by A. Conant. 25x16. 

192 "View of the Stone Fleet which sailed from New Bedford, Nov. 16, 

1861". Colored lithograph by Prang & Co., Boston, from drawing by 
Benjamin Eussell, New Bedford. 321/^x15^. 

The "Stone Fleet" consisted of old vessels purchased by the U. S. gov- 
ernment and loaded with stone to be sunk in Charleston harbor to 
obstruct navigation. See Nos. 174, 193. 

193 The Captains of "The Stone Fleet". Photograph of group. 13x8. 

Captain Beard, Gifford, Svnft, Malloy, Swift, Childs, Stall, Brown, 
Rowland, French, Worth, Wood, Tilton, Brayton, Taylor, Cumiski, Willis, 
Chadwick, Bailey. See Nos. 174, 192. 

194 An old map of whaling grounds. An interesting colored lithograph. 

84x42. 

195 Map of British America, showing Eskimos, bears, seals and the whale 

fishery, also a view of Montreal. Published by John Tallis & Co., 
London and New York. Engraving. 15x11. 

196 "Private Signals of Whaling Vessels belonging to the Port of New 

Bedford". Published by Charles Taber & Co., New Bedford, 1857. 
Colored print. 31x22. 

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197 "New Bedford, Mass. 1787". Minton fireplace tile, sepia brown, made 

about 1880-1890. 6x6. 
Similar to No. 187. The date is an error and should be 1812. 

198 "Wharf scene. New Bedford, Mass". A whaler "hove down" for 

repairs. Minton fireplace tile, sepia bro^vTl, made about 1880-1890. 
6x6. 
Copy of a painting in the Public Library, New Bedford. 

199 Similar to No. 77, but uncolored. Same size. 

200 Same as No. 147. Lithograph, colored. 

201 "La Baleine est rame en Navire". Lithograph, colored. 

Nos. 200, 201, are companion prints with inscriptions also in Dutch. 

202 Jonah and the whale. 

"Hunc vesuti magno veniens e gurgite quondam 
Bessua continuit ventris sub carcere Vatem, 
Et post tres soles occlusum littore tandem 
Restituit, vesciqz dedit vitalibus auris." 
Joan Sadler scalps et excud. Engraving. 8x9l^. 



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